column

Nouns

  • (n) a line of units following one after another
  • (n) a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands chromatography column,
  • (n) a vertical array of numbers or other information
    • he added a column of numbers
  • (n) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
    • the test tube held a column of white powder
    • a tower of dust rose above the horizon
    • a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite
    pillar, tower,
  • (n) an article giving opinions or perspectives editorial, newspaper column,
  • (n) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) pillar,
  • (n) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure pillar,
  • (n) a page or text that is vertically divided
    • the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject
    • the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns
  • (n) any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

Synonyms

chromatography column pillar tower editorial newspaper column

Words of close approximity

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